Study Shows Democrats Pay Black Staffers 30 Percent Less Than Whites; Will Media Cover?

[JWeinCom]

mornelithe said:

JWeinCom said:
"If a professional analysis demonstrated that Republicans routinely pay campaign staffers who are persons of color significantly less than their white counterparts and are often given less glamorous jobs, articles on the subject would make the front page of newspapers across the country and be the lead story on many television newscasts."

"Meanwhile, Republicans have similar problems with a racial pay gap in campaign politics, Mak noted. Asian, Black and Latino staffers are often paid less than their white counterparts."

So... Republicans do do the same thing? And it's not on the front page of newspapers? ... Uhhhhhh... way to contradict yourself there article...

*chuckle*  Good point.

"The racial/ethnic diversity of staff on Democratic campaigns appears impressive. African Americans account for 12% of the American workforce (source) but account for more than twice that share of the workforce on Democratic federal-level campaigns. Staffers of Hispanic and Asian backgrounds are not represented on campaigns at the same level as the overall workforce, but Democratic campaigns are considerably more balanced by this measure than Republican campaigns. Women are underrepresented on campaigns. Republican campaigns have more pronounced disparities both in gender and racial/ethnic representation among campaign staff. 54.2% of all staff on Republican federal-level campaigns are white men, compared to 32.4% on Democratic races. Even on the more gender-balanced Democratic campaigns, however, there are 116 men for every 100 women staffers."

Interesting they didn't decide to pick that quote out.  The spin is strong with this article. 

Could have made for an interesting discussion about the relative level of opportunity for different races, but instead became a reason for an obviously biased blog to take a shot at the other party.